Manifolding book



April 14, 1931.

E. K. BOTTITE MANIFOLDING BooK -Orginal`F`iled June 26, 1924 BY A/ LM WATTORNEY Patented Apr. 14, 1931 UNTD STATES PATENT OFFICE EDVJARD KIRBY BOTTLE, OF ELIYIIRA, NEW YOK, ASSIGNOR T0 AMERICAN SALES BOOK COMPANY, LIMITED, OF TORONTO, PROVINCE OF ONTARIO, CANADA, A CORPORA- TION OIF ONTARIO, CANADA MANIFOLDING BOOK Application filed .Tune 26, 1924, Serial No. 722,436. Renewed March 6, 1930.

This invention relates to manifoldin'g devices and with respect to its more specific features, to manifolding books adapted for use as salesbooks.

One of the objects of the invention is the provision of a manifolding book of the record storage type, adapted, at one writing, to produce threecopies, each of which is of great legibility, and in which two of the copies are of a character to increase the difficulty of making changes of the inscription without detection.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a practical form of triplicating book in which the original and triplicate copies may either record the inscription on both faces, or on only one face, and in which the same transfer sheet and the same triplicate leaf may nevertheless be utilized to obtain either of these results.

Another object of the invention is the provision of an eflicient manifolding book,

which, while permitting use to obtain the three copies above mentioned, may nevertheless also be utilized to produce either four or live copies at one writing without altering the mechanical construction of the book.

Other objects of the invention are to provide a triplicating book of the character described whereby chances of error in setting the book for inscription are lessened; adapted largely to avoid impairment of certain fragile leaves of the book, and adapted to facilitate manipulation of the book and auditing of the resultant records.

Other objects of the invention will in part be obvious and will in part appear hereinafter.

The invention accordingly comprises an article of manufacture possessing` the features, properties, and the relation of ele- Aments which will be exemplified in the article hereinafter described and the scope of the application of which will be indicated in the claims.

F or a fuller understanding` of the nature and objects of the invention reference should be had to the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure l illustrates a diagrammatic perspective view, with parts broken away, of a mapifolding book embodying the invention, anc

Fig. 2 illustrates a detail of one of the sheets.

The numerals l and 2 indicate a pair of backing members hinged to each other at 3. The backing members should preferably be of rigid material such as would be provided by heavy cardboard and the hinge may be composed of a flexible fabric strip connecting the members l and 2 as indicated. To each of the backing members arecord pad is secured. The pad secured to the backing member 2 is indicated generally by the numeral 4, and that secured to the backing member l is similarly indicated by the numeral 5.

The pad l is made up of a plurality of superposed sheets, each of which is folded on itself along a line 6 to provide an original leaf 7 and a duplicate leaf 8 in superposed relation to each other. Each of the duplicate leaves 8 has an extended portion 9, and the extended portions of these leaves are bound together by the staples 10, which staples also are utilized to fasten the pad 4 to the backing member 2. The sheets of the pad 4 may be weakened, as by being perforated along the line 6, in order to permit them readily to be torn apart. Also each duplicate leaf 8 will preferably have a line of perforation 11 adjacent the stub of the pad to permit them to be torn from the stub with facility and accuracy.

The sheets of the pad 5 are adapted to be set in manifolding relation between the original leaves 7 and the duplicate leaves 8 to provide a third, or triplicate copy. In some instances the leaves 5 may be of opaque inanifolding paper, as are the original and duplicate leaves 7 and 8, but in the embodiment illustrated, the leaves of the pad 5 are of transparent material, as tissue paper, which takes up less volume than opaque paper and which permits a record on one face to be visible from the opposite face. As illustrated, the leaves, or sheets, 5 are secured to the backing member 1 at the end of the latter opposite the hinge 3. lt will be observed that the lower backing member 1 is longer than the backing member 2, and that the leaves of the pad 5 are secured to the backing member 1 at a distance from the adjacent end of the backing member 2, the leaves of the pad 5 being secured to the backing member by the staples 12, the stub end of the pad 5, in the present embodiment, being parallel to .the stub end of the pad 4, and the leaves of pad 5 being thereby adapted to be thrown back into the position illustrated in the drawing, so that individual leaves may be drawn across the stub of the pad 4 and interposed between the topf most of the sets of original and duplicate leaves 7 and 8.

It will be further noted that a relative separating movement between the V'backing .members may be accomplished, for instance, by turning the backing member 2 on the hinge 3. This will provide a pocket between the backing members and it will be noted that the triplicate leaves of pad 5,

while still secured to the backing member 1, may be received in such pocket and are adapted to lie flat therein when the backing member V2 is turned in the opposite direction so as to lie on the leaves in the pocket.

Suitable ltransfer material is secured to the book for` the purpose of transferring and duplicate leaves 7 and '8 of the pad 4 and may also .receive between them one or more of the triplicate leaves of the pad 5, ora triplicate leaf of pad .5 may be disposed between 'the original leaf 7 and the upper carrier leaf 13, if desired. In the present embodiment the carrier leaves 13 and 14 are'integral parts of the carrier sheet, which is folded at 15.

" ln the embodiment illustrated, `each of the carrier leaves 13 .and 14 has transfer material, as carbon, on both faces, such material covering an area of a'suiiicient extent lto provide for transferring to underlying record leaves inscriptions made on the outer face of the-original leaf 7. Also one carbon of each of the transfer leaves, as for instance indicated at 1 6 and 17, may be notched to permit the thumb and finger to have ready access to an underlying original leaf .7 forthepurpose of manipulatingsuch latter leaf in the .operation of setting .the

book. At the end of the transfer sheet 13, remote from the connection of this sheet with the pad, it is preferred to omit the transfer material for a small area on each face to provide ka clean space, or handle, 18 projecting beyond the margin of the transfer material at this end.

Whatever be the number of copies it is desired toV make at Vone writing, it is preferred that the leaves of `the two pads .shall be properly numbered .so as to kidentify with each other all the leaves of a single manifolding set, and so as to distinguish the leaves of one set from those of another set. In the embodiment illustrated, when three copies are desired, the sheets of the pad 4 are numbered in series, .as for instance from 1 to .'50, beginning at .the topmost sheet .of the pad 4. TheA topmost sheet will .therefore be numbered 1, and thisvnumber will .be visible on the upper face of the .original leaf 7, and will be found .on the upper face of the duplicate ,face .8. Similarly the next underlying original and .duplicate leaves 7 and 8 will be yprovided witha number 2, etc. Asthe book appears in the drawing the two sheets numbered 1 and 2 of ,pad 4 have .been torn off, andthe .correspond-ing triplicates are shown in the pocket between the .backing members 1 `and 2. The leaves .of .the f triplicate pad 5 will be .similarly numbered from 1 to 50, the number 1 being applied .to the lower, or inner `triplicate leaf, which is bound in .thestubof the tissue pad, the numbers reading upwardly in this pad and therefore being in yreverse `order to the reading of the numbers yin the vpad 4. The inumbers of the p ad 5 will be lapplied t0 the upper faces Vof theleaves .and in such position that when one .of these :leaves is in manifolding relation to those of the pad 4, ias illustrated in the drawing, the .number on the triplicate :leaf will be kvisible along with the number .on 'the original leaf '7, when -:the book is set for inscription. In thisway, .the operator can readily observe the .numbers on the original and .triplicate leaves, verify- `ing that these leaves belong to the same set, A.and if they .do not so belong, may make :any desired change. inal leaves are lindicated at 19, vthose oir-the duplicate leaves ,at 20 and .those on 4the 1triplicate leaves at 21. In addition to the nu1nbering of .the triplicate leaves as at :21, :each triplicate leaf is .also provided with .an indicator 22 consisting, in the present Aembodiment, of the depiction of a pointing hand, gn the same face of the leaf ,as is the numer 21.

The indicator calls attention .to .the numf manifolding .books Vof .this itype. But .whenA they set the book, the handimmediately .di-

The numbers on the -o-rigrects their attention to the number, whereupon they compare it with the number on the original leaf and proceed as noted. Furthermore all operators become accus tomed to finding the indicator in correct position when the book is set for inscription. If by some possibility, the triplicating leaf should not have been turned from the pad 5 and laid in manifolding position, the absence of the indicator in its customary clearly visible position will immediately be noted, and, if this is not enough, the operator observesI that the only hand 22, he can see, is but dimly visible through the turned back tissue leaf, and this abnormality further calls the operators attention to the inaccurate setting of the book.

The numeral 23 indicates an outer flexible cover leaf for the pad of triplicate leaves. In the present embodiment, this cover is of thin material, such as thin manila paper, and exceeds the pad 5 in length, and is eX- tended so as to provide a part, or flap, 24 which may he folded around the free ends of the leaves of the pad 5 so as to provide a pocket for the reception of such ends and protect them, without interfering with the free manipulation of the triplicate leaves in the operation of the book. The numeral 25 indicates another flexible cover leaf of thin manila paper, having a fold or flap 26 adapted to enclose the free ends of those leaves of the pad 5 which may be stored between the backing membersl 1 and 2. Thus the leaves of the triplicate pad 5 are enclosed between flexible inner and outer cover leaves 23 and 25 which have thin fiaps adapted to fold around the free ends of one or more leaves.

For making three copies, including an original and two carbons, a leaf of the ti'iplicate pad 5 may be set, as illustrated in Fig. 1, between the two doublefaced transfer leaves 13 and 14 and between the original leaf 7 and the duplicate leaf 8. lith this setting, inscription on the original leaf 7 will be duplicated on the back of the original; on the upper and lower faces of the triplicate leaf and on the duplicate leaf 8.

Thus both the original and the triplicate leaves will have the inscription on each face. This will make it difficult to make erasures on either without detection and, when either leaf is a tissue leaf, the copied inscription will be of increased visibility and easily read. When the book is set for inscription the corresponding set numbers, indicated at 19, of the original and triplicate leaves will be visible together for comparison, and the indicator 22 will be in normal erect position. Having made the inscription. the backing member 2 may be lifted carrying the pad 4 therewith, the backing member turning at the hinge 3 so as to form the pocket or opening between the backing members to receive the inscribed triplicate leaf which will automatically drop into place and be held between the backing members on their return to closed relation. Thereupon another setting of the book may be effected in the same manner as will be understood.

It will be seen, however, that two, instead of one, of the adjacent triplicate leaves may be placed between the double faced carbon leaves 13 and 14, whereupon four copies may be obtained at one writing, one of the leaves of pad 5 receiving the copy on its upper face and the other on its lower face. With such arrangement it will be well to give the two triplicate leaves the same set number as that on the original leaf, as will be understood.

Or the two leaves of pad 5 might be set, one between the original 7 and the upper carbon leaf 13 and the other between the two carbon leaves 13 and 14, in order to obtain four copies. Or if only three copies are desired one triplicate leaf might be set between the original leaf 7 and the upper carbon leaf 13. In either of these two instances the original leaf would not receive the inscription on its back and would be clean, being prevented from receiving the inscription by the triplicate leaf intervening between the carbon surface of the transfer leaf 13 and the leaf 7.

Or two triplicate leaves might be set between the carbon leaves 13 and 14, and a third triplicate leaf set between the original 7 and the carbon leaf 13, thus providing for five copies at one writing. In this setting the back of the original remains clean.

In making three copies with the book set as in F ig. 1, using only one triplicate leaf, the transfer material on the upper face of the leaf 14 might be omitted, in which event there would be obtained a direct reading tissue leaf and an original leaf 7 the latter having the inscription on each of its opposite faces.

In case it should be desired to remove some of the triplicate leaves instead of storing them between the backing members, the leaves may be provided with lines of perforations 30 to facilitate their accurate tearing from the stub. This is particularly desirable when two or more leaves of the triplicate pad 5 are employed for the same inscription. When the leaves of the pad 5 are thrown back as illustrated in Fig. 1, the ends of the leaves are enclosed between the manila cover sheet 23 and the extension 24 thereof, and are thus protected although they may be readily manipulated and set as desired. The triplicate leaves may also be provided adjacent their free ends with a number 31 corresponding to the set number 21 of such leaf. IVhen auditing the book this number, being at the end of the leaves, enables the auditor to rapidly turn the leaves Cil and at the same time observe the numbers .thereof It will be noted that such used leaves of the pad 5 as are stored between -the backing members are enclosed at their ends between the manila cover 25 and the flap 26. This iap is intended to be brought over the ends of the used leaves which have Ybeen audited, so as to separate these leaves from the unaudited leaves of the pad 5 which lie inthe pocket. `rlhus the flap 26 acts as a book mark to tell the auditor where to resume auditing opera-tion.

In Fig. 1the pad l is illustrated as of considerable thickness and is provided with an additional folded transfer sheet 32 inltermediate the depth of the pad which is similar in its construction and operation to that of ,the transfer sheet comprised by the leaves n13 and 14. The sheet 32, however, takes the place of the leaves 13 and 14 when .the original and duplicate leaves lying there- -above have been exhausted.

`'Since certain changes may be'made in the Y above `article and different embodiments of vention herein described, and all statements of the scope of theinvention which, as a matter .of language, might be said tofall therebetween. l l

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters `Patent, is:

-l. A manifolding book comprising, in

combination, two record pads, each of the A'sheets of one being folded on itself to provide an original leaf and a duplicate leaf in superposed relation to each other, the sheets lof the other pad providing triplicate leaves adapted to be set in manifolding relation with said original and duplicate leaves, a .pa-ir of hinged backing members, one of said pads being secured to one backing member 'and the other to the other backing member so that relative separating movement between said members is adapted to provide a v`pocket therebetween for reception of said triplicate leaves while secured to their said backing member, a transfer carrier sheet secured :to the book and comprising two Isuperposedleaves connected together at one side adapted to be interposed kbetween the topmost of the original and duplicate leaves lof the relevant pad, said carrier leaves adapted -to receive said triplicate leaves therebetween, and said triplicate leaves adapted to be disposed between said original lleaf and the upper. of said carrier leaves,

each of said carrier leaves havingr transfer material on both sides, the upper of said transfer leaves having a clean hand-le projecting beyond the margin of transfer material at the end of the transfer sheet remote from its connection to the book.

f2. A manifolding book comprising, in combination, two record pads, each of the sheets of one being folded on itself to provide an original leaf anda duplicate leaf in suerposed relation te each other, the sheets of the other pad providing triplicate leaves adapted to be set in manifolding relation with said original and duplicate leaves, a pair of hinged backing members, one of said pads being' secured to one backing inember and the other to the other backing member so that relative separating movement between said members isV adapted to provide a pocket therebetween for reception of said triplicate leaves while secured to their said backing member, transfer carrier sheet secured to the book and comprising two super-posed leaves connected together at one side adapted to be interposed between the topmost of the original and duplicate leaves of the relevant-pad, said carrier leaves adapted to receive said triplicate leaves therebeween, and said triplicate leaves adapted to be disposed between said voriginal leaf and the upper of said carrier leaves, and an outer cover for the pad of triplicate leaves having a pocket for receiving the free ends of said triplicate leaves.

ln testimony whereof l affix my signature. Y

EDVARD KRBY BOTTLE. 

